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Shema in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

she'-ma (shema`; Samaa): A city of Judah in the Negeb (Josh 15:26). If, as some think, identical with SHEBA (which see) of Josh 19:2, then the latter must have been inserted here from Josh 15:26. It is noticeable that the root letters (sh-m-`) were those from which Simeon is derived. Shema is probably identical with Jeshua (Neh 11:26). The pla...

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Shelah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a petition). 1. The youngest son of Judah. Ge 38:5,11,14,26; 46:10; Nu 26:20; 1Ch 2:3; 4:21 (B.C. before 1706.) 2. The proper form of the name of Salah. 1Ch 1:18,24...

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Shelemiah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Ezra 10:39. 2. Nehemiah 3:30; probably the same as in Nehemiah 8:8, one of the priests who made the sacred perfumes and incense, "apothecaries." 3. Over "the treasuries" of Levitical tithes (Nehemiah 13:13). 4. Jeremiah 37:3. 5. Jeremiah 37:13. 6. Meshelemiah or Shallum (1 Chronicles 26:1; 1 Chronicles 26:14). 7. Ezra 10:41. 8....

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Shelomoth in Smiths Bible Dictionary

the same as Shelomith, 3. 1Ch 24:22...

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Shebna in Easton's Bible Dictionary

tender youth, "treasurer" over the house in the reign of Hezekiah, i.e., comptroller or governor of the palace. On account of his pride he was ejected from his office, and Eliakim was promoted to it (Isa. 22:15-25). He appears to have been the leader of the party who favoured an alliance with Egypt against Assyria. It is conjectured that "...

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Shebuel in Hitchcock's Bible Names

turning...

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Shechem in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Also called SICHEM and SYCHEM, a district in the central part of the land of Canaan Abraham lives in Ge 12:6 The flocks and herds of Jacob kept in Ge 37:12-14 Joseph buried in Jos 24:32 Jacob buried in Ac 7:16; with Ge 50:13 -2. Also called SYCHAR, a city of refuge in Mount Ephraim Jos 20:7; 21:21; Jud 21:19 Joshua assembled the tri...

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Shebna in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Hezekiah, whose treasurer or prefect, of the palace Shebna was (Isaiah 22:15); also see Eliakim. (See HEZEKIAH; ELIAKIM.) For pride (Isaiah 22:16), luxury (Isaiah 22:18), oppression (in contrast to Eliakim a "father" to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Isaiah 22:21), and alienation from God (contrasted with "God's servant," Isaiah 22:20), he was ...

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Shecaniah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

shek-a-ni'-a, shekan'-ya (shekhanyah (in 1 Ch 24:11; 2 Ch 31:15, shekhanyahu); Codex Vaticanus Ischania, Sekenia): (1) A descendant of Zerubbabel (1 Ch 3:21,22). This is the same Shecaniah mentioned in Ezr 8:3. (2) "The sons of Shecaniah," so the Massoretic Text of Ezr 8:5 reads, were among those who returned with Ezra, but a name appears to ha...

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Shechem in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(back or shoulder). 1. An important city in central Israel, in the valley between mounts Ebal and Gerizim, 34 miles north of Jerusalem and 7 miles southeast of Samaria. Its present name, Nablus, is a corruption of Neapolis, which succeeded the more ancient Shechem, and received its new name from Vespasian. On coins still extant it is called F...

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